IS it just me... or is FFXIV boring?

[SamSmoot]

My play time is down to 1-2 hours a day. All I do is log on to do the daily hunts, pixie quests (For goetias) and then the weekly turn-in quests for scrips.
Lately, I've been also trying to do 1-2 fates in each zone as I pass through, working toward getting to rank 3, just for something extra to do.
I have all crafts at 80, but I only make stuff for myself, since gear takes forever to gather for, make, and especially sell. Also, I have plenty of gil and nothing to spend it on, so there's no reason to do more crafting than I need.

[SturmChurro]

I have some new perspective on the actual topic of this thread after having (and currently) played ESO while my sub for this game had run out. I actually think FFXIV is very fun, I think it is the best MMORPG out on the market currently despite all it's flaws. The only time I ever stop playing it regularly is when I run out of content to do. I usually don't want to just stop playing - not like with ESO. I play ESO, stop playing one day and I won't have the urge to EVER go back to play that game. I can't even explain why, but when I stop playing this game. I think about it, I lurk the forums, I read the updates, and I just think about how "I can't wait for the next big content patch!". I just wish SE gave this game the attention, and resources it deserves. If I complain about the game, it is because I want to see the game improve, not from a straight dislike of the game.

I understand that Yoshida is content in the fact that this is a more "casual" game, as in most of the audience takes breaks between patches. I wish he wouldn't have this stance, I wish we got content all year round to keep us playing the game. For me, not crafting, crafting is boring.

[HiroesX81]

Greetings. Please dont feed the troll. This person is resurrecting old threads either out of lack of knowledge or boredom. If you see similar threads please advise others. Thanks

[Maero]

To all those that posted a few pages back on why i revived the thread you are all lame, lol
The thread at the time i had posted appeared on the first page in the General section so therefore someone else had replied and revived.
I replied not even having looked at the date in which this thread had been created.
If i wanted to be a troll my name would be Brofist or titanmen...

[Paladinleeds]

Greetings. Please dont feed the troll. This person is resurrecting old threads either out of lack of knowledge or boredom. If you see similar threads please advise others. Thanks

Thing is, in the Japanese community, they like to pool everything together into one megathread (including a year or so down the line if they have new information to put in about a topic, hence the "resurrecting old threads"), from my understanding anyway from what i've read others say. By doing so, it garners more attention as all the information is nicely together in one thread, rather than someone making a thread for their views on a topic of which a thread already exists. Which I think the way JP supposedly does things is better. It keeps the topic in one thread, rather than going to like 200 different threads about the same topic.

[linay]

Thing is, in the Japanese community, they like to pool everything together into one megathread (including a year or so down the line if they have new information to put in about a topic, hence the "resurrecting old threads"), from my understanding anyway from what i've read others say. By doing so, it garners more attention as all the information is nicely together in one thread, rather than someone making a thread for their views on a topic of which a thread already exists. Which I think the way JP supposedly does things is better. It keeps the topic in one thread, rather than going to like 200 different threads about the same topic.

Yes, that's why I like people reusing old threads. People will "troll" whether it's an old thread or a new one. Other people just have to check if they want to reply to an old post or they can just reply to the new post.

[Vickii]

I love the game but I do think ‘boring’ can be a valid criticism. I did leave once because I was bored. A lot of people often say ‘burnt out’ which is possibly true.

I feel a lot of the game design is very ‘safe’ and formulaic. For instance most quests play out the same way, most dungeons play out the same way, the levelling experience for most jobs plays out the same way.

Repetition is boring. And FF14 is repetitive. But I don’t think this is necessarily a terrible thing, a lot of things become boring after a while.

[Daniolaut]

I love how people say,

"We didnt need another thread of this"

Then say,

"Who resurrected this necro thread?"

Fun fact. A vast majorty of the people who responded in this thread have since quit the game. Especially the original defenders of the game.

The game is mostly boring because from level 1-79 the game is absolutely horribly trivial, and does not challenge you or make you think at all. In fact, you can even be AFK for a majority of all content, including solo content.

With the ARR revamp, they only made it even more trivial and simple and fast.

If they made the game engaging, (and no engaging doesnt mean difficult) people wouldnt quit in such large numbers and they wouldnt have to rely so heavily on the mog station and new players.

Literally they have 20 million accounts, but cant even hold 1 million subs continuously.

A little effort goes a long way.

[Seddrinth]

Every game, even activity in the world gets boring if you do it too many times.

[Seddrinth]

I love how people say,


Then say,


Fun fact. A vast majorty of the people who responded in this thread have since quit the game. Especially the original defenders of the game.

The game is mostly boring because from level 1-79 the game is absolutely horribly trivial, and does not challenge you or make you think at all. In fact, you can even be AFK for a majority of all content, including solo content.

With the ARR revamp, they only made it even more trivial and simple and fast.

If they made the game engaging, (and no engaging doesnt mean difficult) people wouldnt quit in such large numbers and they wouldnt have to rely so heavily on the mog station and new players.

Literally they have 20 million accounts, but cant even hold 1 million subs continuously.

A little effort goes a long way.

If you play any game for a few years it will get boring. Name 1 game you can play for years and not get bored. I'll wait.